The next week was extremely trying for the former campers. They were getting no where with the note and Izzy's condition was not improving. Duncan in particular was growing more and more frustrated by the whole thing, to the point where he had begun drinking himself into a stupor each night. None of them had gotten much sleep and the reunion was now a disaster. Owen visited Izzy every day and was growing more depressed by the second. The others, mainly D.J., Noah, and Eva, did their best to cheer him up, but nothing seemed to brighten his mood for long. On the ninth day after Izzy's accident the campers were holed up in Duncan and Courtney's room once again.

"Man, this sucks!" said Tyler. "It's been over a week and we still have nothing, no news, no arrests, and we're never gonna figure out who wrote that damn note."

"Yeah well what else are we supposed to do?" Duncan shot back. "You wanna just sit around with your thumb up your ass and hope the answer falls in your lap? Or do you not care Tyler? Do you want Izzy's attacker to just go free so he can attack someone else? What if he goes after Lindsey next, what are you gonna do then?"

"Dude, why do you care so much?" Tyler responded. "Izzy's not even your girl, so why are you all up in arms about this?" This drew gasps from several of the others. They had never expected Tyler, of all people, to be the one to stand up to Duncan.

"Why do I care, why do I care Tyler?" shouted Duncan. "Your asking me why I care? I care because no one else does, because no one else is doing a goddamn thing to protect us or get justice for Izzy."

"Rich of you to talk about justice, Mr. Ex-criminal." said Tyler.

"Fuck you." shouted Duncan. "You don't know anything about me."

"Man I'm out of here." said Tyler. "Enjoy your lives guys, it's hopeless you know."

"Tyler wait!" said Lindsey, "don't go, we can work this out."

"No, he made his decision." said Duncan. "He has no place here anymore. You wanna go Ty, then go but you ain't welcome back here you useless piece of shit."

Tyler didn't respond. After glaring at Duncan a few seconds he turned and stormed out of the room. "No Tyler, don't go." said Lindsey following him out. Beth followed as well.

"Well that's just great, way to go dumbass." said Heather, glaring at Duncan. "You picked a damn fine time to go ballistic."

"He started it." snarled Duncan. "If he doesn't want to help, then he has no place here, he has no place in this family." Courtney started to say something but stopped, sensing that it was futile. "Let's just get back to work." said Duncan.

Meanwhile outside Lindsey and Beth were trying to convince Tyler to come back in and talk it out. "Look, maybe Duncan was out of line a bit, but you can't just walk away." said Beth. "We need you Tyler, more than you think we do."

"Nobody needs me." said Tyler. "Nobody's ever needed me."

"I do." said Lindsey. "I need you Tyler. I need your strength, I need your compassion, and I need your love. Just come back in, Duncan will forgive you, they all will."

"Oh so now you're on his side, huh?" said Tyler. "You think I'm at fault, don't you, Lindsey?"

"N-no, Tyler I don't-" Lindsey whimpered.

"Save it!" snapped Tyler, "I don't have time to listen to your whining. I'm out of here. Oh and by the way Lindsey, we're done!" And with that he stormed off leaving Lindsey and Beth in shock. Not wanting to face Duncan they did not return to the room; instead choosing to go to the coffee shop down the street.

"I can't believe he broke up with me." said Lindsey. "I wasn't trying to defend Duncan, I just wanted Tyler to stay." Her voice wavered as she said this, the impact of what had just happened finally sinking in.

"Don't worry about it Lindsey, he'll come around." said Beth. "We're all under a lot of stress. Tyler just needs some time to cool off, but he'll be back. And there's no way Duncan won't let him back into the room. Besides, now we have some time to ourselves."

This cheered Lindsey up a bit and the two of them decided to go for a short walk. They had no sooner left the coffee shop, when two men in black ski masks jumped out of a car and attacked. The larger of the two stabbed Lindsey in the gut with a large hunting knife, before throwing her to the ground. "LINDSEY!" Beth screamed as she dove towards her friend. The other attacker caught her by the ankle and pulled her back, whacking her over the head with some blunt object. Then, as quickly as they had appeared, the two men were gone.

A short time later, Tyler returned to the hotel. He made his way up to the room, intent on repairing the breach. He entered to find the others in almost exactly the same place he had left them.

"What the hell are you doing here?" said Duncan. "Your not part of this family anymore."

"I just wanted to say, I'm sorry." said Tyler. "You were right, I was being selfish and uncaring, and I shouldn't have said what I said. So, I'm sorry. I want this to end just as bad as you do."

Duncan considered this for a moment before answering, "Okay, I forgive you. And I guess I was a little harsh. It's just, I don't want to see any of you suffer. Your my friends, hell your my family and I can't bare it if anything happens to any of you. This is what I do. If there is a threat you tackle it head on and that's what I intend to do."

"I understand man." said Tyler. "Now let's get this thing done."

The others smiled at the two of them, glad that the conflict was over. Courtney moved to Duncan's side and whispered in his ear, "I'm proud of you Duncan. The old you would have kicked his ass, but you talked it out. You really have matured."

"Gee thanks for the support, princess." said Duncan, sarcastically. "It's nice to know that my wife has my back." Courtney slugged him in the arm. "Ow! What was that for?" said Duncan.

"Don't call me princess." Courtney said, giggling.

Just then there was a knock at the door. "Oh now what?" said Noah, rolling his eyes.

There was another knock. Duncan untangled himself from Courtney and answered the door. "WHAT? What do you-?" he stopped seeing the frantic look on the busboy's face. "What's wrong with you dude?" he asked.

"There's been an attack." the busboy said. "I was told to come up and let you guys know."

"An attack?" asked Bridgette. "An attack on who? We're all here aren't we?" They looked around checking for everyone, but two were missing.

"Oh God, Lindsey and Beth!" said Tyler. "They're not here."

"I thought they were with you." said Harold.

"No, they just followed me outside. I told them to leave me alone." said Tyler, terror rising in his voice. "They could be anywhere, I didn't see where they went after I left."

"They were attacked outside the coffee shop that's two blocks from here." said the busboy.

"And where are they now?" asked Chef.

"They were taken to the hospital." said the busboy. "From what I was told it sounded like they were in pretty bad shape."

"Shit, shit, shit!" said D.J., "lets get down there."

"Did anyone see who attacked them?" asked Gwen.

"I don't know." replied the busboy. "No one told me."

"Oh that's just spectacular." said Heather. "Now we have three friends who have been attacked by unknown attackers."

"Look, we can figure it out later. Let's just get to the hospital." said Gwen.

Within twenty minutes they had arrived at the hospital. A nurse met them in the waiting room with word on Lindsey and Beth's condition. "How are they?" asked Cody.

"They are in stable but serious condition." the nurse replied. "Lindsey was stabbed in the midsection and Beth was struck in the head with some sort of blunt object. They're bad now but they will make it."

"Can we see them?" asked Tyler.

"They're both out right now, but they should be awake in an hour or two." said the nurse.

"We'll wait here until they do, if that's all right?" said Trent.

"Yes that would be fine." replied the nurse. "I'll let you know when they are awake."

"Thank you." said Trent.

A/N: Well that's the first five chapters. I know things are moving a little slow, but that's just my style of writing. I promise things will pick up soon. Anyone care to guess who will be taken out next? It might surprise you who it is. Until then, enjoy and please leave more reviews!